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A transformational gift in progress The development of a new academic quadrangle is in progress. Called the West Quad for its location on the west side of Middle Path, the space will be anchored by Chalmers Library, a hub for undergraduate research, experiential learning and academic and career advising. Joining the library will be an interdisciplinary academic building for the social sciences and a new home for admissions and financial aid. These developments enable Kenyon to make major strides toward becoming a more accessible campus. The library is expected to open in spring of 2021, with ...

Same Hill, New World View scenes from life at Kenyon at the start of an unprecedented fall semester. In August, Kenyon welcomed back to campus a cohort of first-years, sophomores and transfer students (while juniors and seniors participated in classes remotely). Before the students’ arrival in Gambier, faculty and staff redesigned classroom set-ups, posted social distancing markers around campus, and re-envisioned all aspects of student life and learning in the midst of a pandemic. “I have felt really proud and fortunate to be part of an institution that has done its best to take care of ...

Love in the time of COVID-19 January 24, 2021 The world, according to reports, learnt of Coronavirus disease rather late by few months when people began to die of the scourge not knowing how to treat such patients. China was considered the culprit and those who travelled to that country became the carries of the virus. And China with its booming economy, there is hardly any country that did not have contact with it. By March 2020, it had already spread all over the world and the period of lockdown began with the world desperately looking for a cure. It decided “Prevention is better than cur...

Despite the good relations the Muslim Brotherhood enjoyed when it first emerged in Jordan, the group has lost sway in the kingdom as authorities escalate their crackdown.

Choose moderation and unburden the earth December 21, 2020, 7:52 PM IST By Narayani Ganesh A new year never fails to inspire us to get on those weighing scales and make a solemn, earnest resolution to shed the extra kilos. Walk regularly, eat right, exercise, are all on the to-do list at least for a couple of weeks until it all gets forgotten in the hurly burly of life. But what of the weight, the burden, we’ve been heaping on Planet Earth? Do we have any thoughts on shedding those extra kilos before we paint ourselves into a corner? According to scientists researching hum...